Ban urges probe of Saudi raid on UN office in Yemen

“The secretary general urges a full investigation into this incident and that anyone found to be responsible for any breaches be held to account,” Farhan Haq, a deputy spokesman for the UN chief, said on Monday.
 
Haq further noted that the Saudi fighter jets targeted the office of the UN Development Program in the southern city of Aden on Sunday.
 
He added that a guard was injured and the office was seriously damaged due to the attack.
 
He stressed that the incident indicates the need for an end to the ongoing crisis in Yemen.
 
Earlier in the day, at least 15 civilians, including women and children, were killed and several others injured after Saudi fighter jets launched a fresh round of airstrikes against Yemen’s central province of Ma'rib and the western province of al-Mahwit.
 
Riyadh has been incessantly bombarding different areas in Yemen since March 26 without any authorization from the United Nations and heedless of international calls for the cessation of its deadly campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
 
The main objectives pursued by Saudi Arabia in its ongoing war on Yemen are to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
 
According to the UN, over 2,600 Yemeni people have been killed so far and at least 11,000 others injured in Saudi Arabia's airstrikes.